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At the heart of Donald Trump’s vicious crackdown on immigrants is the lie he has fomented that they are to blame for working people’s frustrations.

As we wind down Immigrant Heritage Month, in the face of baseless, racist, partisan attacks on our communities, it is now more important than ever to advocate for immigrants and the essential role they play in our nation.

For years, politicians have misled Americans, fostering hatred against immigrants to hide the truth: it was always about profits over people, that cruelty towards migrants was an acceptable consequence.

A new report by Public Citizen and the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) shows that, in fact, working people at home and abroad have suffered from “free trade” policies, which Trump claims to hate but has no intention of fixing.

Join congressional leaders, the report author, and activists from front-line communities for a timely discussion on how U.S. trade and immigration policies fuel displacement and drive labor exploitation, while corporations' profit and migrants pay the price.

Speakers include:

• Rep. Linda Sánchez, (to be confirmed) Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, whose district in Los Angeles has seen aggressive ICE raids 
• Iza Camarillo, Public Citizen
• Nicole Melaku, NPNA
• Additional speakers to be confirmed

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The Interfaith Action for Palestine (IAP) is bringing together a coalition of faith-rooted activist organizations for a critical intervention this summer: we’re coming together to counter Christians United for Israel (CUFI) — the largest “pro-Israel” organization in the United States — during their Annual Summit June 29-July 1, 2025 in National Harbor, Maryland, and Washington, DC. If you would like to participate, either in-person or online, please fill out this form.

Why Counter CUFI?

CUFI is a Christian Zionist organization founded by far-right televangelist Pastor John Hagee, who is known for promoting extremist anti-muslim and antisemitic tropes. It is by far the largest Zionist organization in the United States, with over 11 million members. 

Core to Christian Zionist theology is the belief that all Jews must move to Israel and ethnically cleanse all Palestinians from the “holy land” in order to hasten the “end times” and the return of Jesus Christ. This dangerous theology is part of  White Christian Supremacy.

The CUFI conference meets each year in DC with the goal of influencing members of US Congress to continue supporting Israel’s right wing government, even today in its genocidal campaign in Gaza. In the past, speakers at CUFI have included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Vice President Mike Pence, and the organization’s founder Pastor John Hagee.

We’re proud to announce our 2025 Movement Builder Award honoree C Stonebraker Martinez!

As Co-Director of the IRTF - The InterReligious Task Force on Central America, C. has been a tireless force for human rights and collective liberation. From Cleveland to Colombia, their work uplifts those most impacted by state violence—including Afro-Indigenous communities, LGBTQ+ folks, workers, and people with disabilities.

Rooted in a legacy of solidarity, C. leads with courage and conviction—mobilizing our communities through popular education, mutual aid, and direct action.

C. reminds us that building movements means centering the people, standing in solidarity, and never backing down.

Join us in celebrating C. at Noche de Guayabera 2025! 

Get your tickets now at: ylncle.org/noche-2025

The Ida B. Wells Foundation is pleased to join with the Baseball Heritage Museum and Neighborhood Connections to host a book signing for Mary E. Triece and the recent publication of her book entitled: Radical Advocate:  Ida B. Wells and the Road to Race and Gender Justice.  The Ida B. Wells Foundation, which started in 1998, is a mustard seed endeavor that has provided approximately $100,000 in small grants to grassroots projects for racial, economic, and social justice, nonviolence and youth work in Cuyahoga County.  Since 2022, some of the entities that have received IBWF grants are: LegalWorks, Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, the Kentucky Garden, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, Renovare, CAIR, and others.

 

Mary E. Triece, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Communication and the Director of The Women’s Studies Program.  Her teaching and research focus on rhetorical and feminist theories and criticisms, and social movement rhetorics.  Triece is the author of five books, several co-authored works, and numerous journal and peer-reviewed articles. Triece teaches classes on rhetoric and argumentation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  

Also, Triece is a former President of the Board for the InterReligion Task Force on Central America and Colombia, a local human rights and solidarity organization that started 45 years ago as a result of an awakening to US complicity in the wars against the poor in Central America after the death of four US churchwomen in El Salvador, Jean Donovan and Dorothy Kazel, OSU, who were part of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese Mission Team, and Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clark and Ita Ford.

Perhaps now there are more reasons than ever before to examine the life and role of Ida B. Wells.  She was a journalist and suffragist, who maintained an effective international anti-lynching campaign.  When exhibits are being removed and suppressed at the National Museum of African American History, when diversity, equity and inclusion programs are under attack, there is no better time than now to gather for a book signing reception.  The book:  Radical Advocate:  Ida B. Wells and the Road to Race and Gender Justice, by Mary E. Triece is a good primer on overcoming oppression.  It will give us tools to endure the long and continuous road to racial justice.

As an extra bonus, please come and learn about racial justice history right here in our midst at the Baseball Heritage Museum and League Park. Free tours of League Park will be available. 

Who:  Everyone--All ages

Where:  Baseball Heritage Museum, 6601 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH

When:  July 19, 2025 from 4 pm to 6 pm

Agenda:

4:00 to 4:30-Meet and Greet- Short Tours of the Historic League Park

4:30 to 4:45-Freedom Songs-(Lift Every Voice and Sing/We Shall Overcome/Somos El Barco)

4:45 to  5:15-Interview of Author Mary Triece by Aiyana Taylor

5:15 to 5:30 -Audience Q&A

5:30 to 6:00-Book Signing/Reception/Closing Interfaith Prayer

Learn more & get tickets!

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